Lunch while Prepping for Cooking Class and a Delicious “New Year’s” Dinner Out

I am teaching a cooking class tomorrow, so today I am prepping all my recipes for the class. It's lots of work, but I really enjoy it! And it does make me work up an appetite, so I stopped for a...

…quick lunch break and heated up a couple slices of leftover veggie pizza from last night. On the side, I had some spicy hummus with celery sticks. I finished with my cooking class prep just in time to get cleaned up before we headed out to a late New Year’s celebration dinner with Joe’s family tonight.

Joe’s parents took us out to Old Hickory Steakhouse, a very nice restaurant in Opryland Hotel, here in Nashville. I started with the arugula and tomato salad, which was savory and fresh.

I wasn’t in much of a steak mood tonight, so I choose the salmon instead, and it was fantastic.

As you can see we had several family-style sides to share-asapargus, sauteed mushrooms, scalloped potatoes, and truffled mac and cheese. I tried a couple bites of each one. It was a fun evening and a great way to celebrate the beginning of 2012!